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GARY LEE HOBBS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 17, 1949 – January 27, 1970
Service recordGary Lee Hobbs, of Lemoore, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 72
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Lemoore, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 72
- WESLEY WOMBLE CARROLL IIIWarrant Officer 1 · January 27, 1970
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1970
- JOSEPH VERNE OLSZEWSKIFireman · January 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLISON DORNELLASStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 71
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 72
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 73
From Lemoore
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MIGUELPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN COWELLCaptain · March 10, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.